4Housing land supply orders

4 Housing land supply orders

(1)  The Minister may make an order (a housing land supply order) declaring to be housing supply land an area of land that is specified in the order and that may, under section 5 , be declared to be housing supply land.

(1A)  [Section 4 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 18 of 2023, s. 4, Applied:20 Jul 2018] An order may only be made under subsection (1) before 1 January 2033.

(2)  A housing land supply order may, if such a provision may be included in the order in accordance with section 6 , include a provision declaring a zone, referred to in the applicable planning scheme, to be the intended zone in relation to all or part of an area of land specified in the order to be housing supply land.

(3)  A housing land supply order may include, in relation to all or part of an area of land specified in the order to be housing supply land, any one or more of the provisions, that may, in accordance with section 7 , be included for the purposes of this subsection.

(4)  A housing land supply order takes effect on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette or a later day that is specified in the notice in the Gazette as the day on which it is to take effect.

(5)  A housing land supply order is a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

(6)  [Section 4 Subsection (6) inserted by No. 18 of 2023, s. 4, Applied:20 Jul 2018] For the avoidance of doubt, any amendment made to this Act by the Housing Land Supply Amendment Act 2023 does not affect the validity of a housing land supply order, or a proposed housing land supply order, made or proposed in accordance with this Act, as in force before the commencement of that Act.